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9,961 sources · Websites

Websitehistoricengland.org.uk

Meare Lake Village — Historic England

Historic England · 2024 · Historic England

Meare Lake Village East (Somerset Levels east settlement)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Mundigak — Archaeological Gazetteer entry

Wikipedia contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Mundigak

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Ojiyana — Archaeological Gazetteer entry

Wikipedia contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Ojiyana (Ojhiyana)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Rupnagar — Archaeological Gazetteer entry

Wikipedia contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Rupnagar (Ropar)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Sanauli — Archaeological Gazetteer entry

Wikipedia contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Sanauli (Sinauli)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Sanghol — Archaeological Gazetteer entry

Wikipedia contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Sanghol (Ucha Pind)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Shortugai — Archaeological Gazetteer entry

Wikipedia contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Shortugai

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteyork.ac.uk

Star Carr — POSTGLACIAL project

U. York · 2024 · U. York

Star Carr Extension — Seamer Carr & Flixton Island Mesolithic Lakesides (Vale of Pickering)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteenglish-heritage.org.uk

Thornborough Henges

English Heritage · 2024 · English Heritage

Henges location 54.21,-1.59

Thornborough Moor Trackway (Thornborough Mire, North Yorkshire)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Thorne and Hatfield Moors — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

Coordinates 53.63N -0.91W Lindholme Island

Lindholme Neolithic Trackway & Platform (Hatfield Moors, South Yorkshire)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitebordnamona.ie

Longford raised bog conservation

Bord na Móna · 2020 · Bord na Móna

Derryoghil & Tin Tab Bog Trackways (Derryoghil–Derragh Bog, Co. Longford)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Websitehistoricengland.org.uk

Lindholme Neolithic timber trackway — Historic England 1443481

Historic England · 2017 · Historic England

Lindholme Neolithic Trackway & Platform (Hatfield Moors, South Yorkshire)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2017Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman — UNESCO 1207

UNESCO · 2006 · UNESCO

World Heritage inscription 22.917,57.67

Falaj al-Khatmeen (Birkat al-Mouz — UNESCO aflaj flagship)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2006Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Sanghol — UNESCO Silk Roads Tentative List

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 1998 · UNESCO

UNESCO coordinates and description

Sanghol (Ucha Pind)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1998Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Old City of Jerusalem — UNESCO 148

UNESCO · 1981 · UNESCO

Gihon Spring and Warren's Shaft (City of David water system, Jerusalem)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1981Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Band-e Kaisar — Wikipedia coordinates

Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

Coordinates 32.0538,48.8485

Band-e Kaisar (Valerian Bridge-Dam, Shushtar — Pol-e Kaisar)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Barbegal — Arles aqueduct

Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

Barbegal Roman Aqueduct & Mill Ensemble (Fontvieille, Provence)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Eifel Aqueduct — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

95.4 km Nettersheim–Cologne

Eifel Aqueduct (Eifelwasserleitung) — Roman Aqueduct to Cologne

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitebaukunst-nrw.de

Eifelwasserleitung — baukunst-nrw

baukunst-nrw · 2024 · baukunst-nrw

Grüner Pütz 50.48228,6.61824

Eifel Aqueduct (Eifelwasserleitung) — Roman Aqueduct to Cologne

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Marib Dam — UNESCO WH 1700

UNESCO · 2023 · UNESCO

World Heritage 15.39,45.26

Marib South Sluice & Southern Oasis Canal (Jannat al-Janub)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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